SOCIAL ISSUES AND THE COURT PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC

• NCJ Number: 5917
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 33 Issue: 3 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1969) Pages: 37-39
• Author(s): A A Hartman
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN A LARGE METROPOLITAN COURT PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC.

Abstract

THE COURT CLINIC STUDIES INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A TOTAL SOCIAL FRAMEWORK. EACH PATIENT REPRESENTS A COMPLEX OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES. IT IS THE STATED GOAL OF THE CLINIC TEAM TO FUNCTION AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A BROAD SOCIOLOGICAL PROGRAM PROVIDING FOR - ONE, PSYCHODYNAMIC STUDIES OF ALL SERIOUS OFFENDERS, TWO, TREATMENT PROCEDURES COORDINATED WITH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES, AND THREE, RESEARCH INTO THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS PRODUCING DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.